Aristotle's First Principles

Terence Irwin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

720 Seiten

1990
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-824290-1 (ISBN)

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Explores Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, and shows how he defends dialectic against the objection that it cannot justify a metaphysical realist's claims. The author does not presuppose previous acquaintance with Aristotle.

Aristotle's reliance on dialectic as a method of philosophy appears to conflict with his metaphysical realist view of his conclusions. This book explores Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, and shows how he defends dialectic against the objection that it cannot justify a metaphysical realist's claims.

The author does not presuppose extensive previous acquaintance with Aristotle. Greek texts are translated, and Greek words transliterated.

I. The emergence of the problem: The problem of first principles; Inquiry and dialectic; Constructive dialectic; Puzzles and substance; The formal cause; Conditions for science; Puzzles about science; II. Solutions to the problem: The universal science; The science of being; Substance and essence; Essence and form; Form and substance; III. Applications of the solution: The soul as substance; Soul and mind; Action; The good of rational agents; The virtues of rational agents; The good of others; The state; Justice; The consequences of virtue and vice; Reconsiderations; Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.4.1990
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Gewicht	1022 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
ISBN-10	0-19-824290-5 / 0198242905
ISBN-13	978-0-19-824290-1 / 9780198242901
Zustand	Neuware